Family succession and firm performance: Evidence from Italian family firms

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-31

  Cucculelli, Marco ^a   Micucci, Giacinto ^b  

^a Department of Management   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family firms; Family successions; Founder run firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649111839     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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